The following excerpt is from Patton v. Loadholt, No. 2: 19-cv-0451 KJM KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2020):
Gillespie v. Civiletti, 629 F.2d 637, 642 (9th Cir. 1980)). For these reasons, the undersigned finds that the prejudice suffered by defendants if plaintiff is permitted to amend his complaint does not outweigh the prejudice suffered by plaintiff if he is not permitted leave to identify the doe defendants in the proposed third amended complaint.
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